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Back in the day (before everyone commonly had e-mail), I'd typically award XP at the end of the session. For some campaigns, however, I did it after every encounter. Some players really dig the idea of getting an immediate reward for doing well, so I tried to cater to that play style. It also...

Very odd. This exact situation happens constantly in my own 4E game. At least half the combats involve a monster hanging on by 1 hit point. My players have altered their play style to this phenomenon, usually relying on at-wills once an enemy is bloodied. Strange to see that someone else has...

If I remember correctly, third edition was simply called "Dungeons & Dragons" for a while before it was acknowledged as the third version of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. Many early 3E supplements simply referred to it as "the current version of the game," or as "this version of the...

I got my copy of Hammerfast from Amazon today. It's a neat product, very 1E in flavor, with black-and-white art and several nods to classic D&D. I haven't had time to read it in-depth yet, but I'm actually really excited about it just from my first impressions. Here are the things that I have...

You are a sick, naughty person. Every time someone makes a check as part of such a skill challenge, a tressym kitten dies.

For what it's worth, I agree that the encounter-in-a-box format would probably never work from a business standpoint. I'm sure that someone involved in the miniatures line has already explored the idea, probably several years ago, and they decided to go a different direction. I'm not asserting...

Many people in this thread seem interested in the "encounter in a box" idea. I've been thinking more about this over the past day or so, and there's another way you could make this even cooler, so cool I'd be excited to buy it. Thrilled even. With the encounter-in-a-box, also include a sheet or...

I have several scores and soundtracks on my laptop, and I key up something when the mood strikes me. Lately, I've been using a lot of the stuff from Age of Conan for combat and wilderness scenes. I don't really use the old Basil Pouledoris standbys simply because they have really been done to...

Of the various options, the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide is probably my favorite setting book. Genasi are pretty cool. The swordmage is a solid class, and they actually have a new warlock pact. The dark pact is surprisingly cool, despite my general apathy toward the drow.

This got me thinking... A box of several different types of beholders doesn't really grab me. What I'd be thrilled to buy is an "encounter in a box." For example, if you had a "drow encounter in a box," you could have some drow warriors and spiders, a drow cleric, a drider or two, and a small...

I've only played it twice, with two different groups. Both those times, the game devolved into arguments about MDC versus SDC, dee-bees, the alignment system, and glitterboys. In both cases, I walked out after about thirty minutes of the "discussion." I'm not ripping on RIFTS or anything... I...

Eh... I've spent well over $35 on a night of drinking or a single meal before. Not every night, mind you, but I don't consider $35 to be a huge sum of cash as a general thing. I don't know if I'm interested in paying $35 for four beholder miniatures though. I'd have to use a lot of beholders or...

It depends on your DMing style, your desires, and the desires of your players. If your players are comfortable with letting you do what you want and you are comfortable running without worrying about sticking to the letter of the law, you can "wing it" in any game. The players are willing to...

I'm 100% with you on this, Dausuul. In my own homebrew, there are no orcs (and hence, no half-orcs) and no halflings. I just got sick and tired of the constant perception that the forces of "good" are beautiful elves forever struggling to destroy the dumb, brutal orcs. That, and halflings annoy...

The entire healing surge thing is something that I both love and hate about 4E. The overall mechanics are solid, I think, but they do require you to phrase your narrative in certain ways. First of all, hit points are an abstraction. Hit points don't necessarily represent literal wounds. After...

It's all been 4E for a while, but that's mostly because it's all that I've had the time for recently. Me and the older players are giving serious consideration to running a 2E game so the younger players can check it out (they seem fascinated by the idea of having to qualify for races and...

Almost all online. I buy from a local store when I can, but bluntly, there's only so far that I'm willing to drive to pay more for a product in the first place. Raleigh hasn't really had a local game store for a while... But fortunately, a new one just opened this weekend. I plan to start buying...

Most anything in a fantasy setting sounds goofy at some point or another. I think the class quotes stand out because so few players try to speak in character or in the context of the game when they perform actions. Nevertheless, I think the class quotes are less goofy than the sort of thing that...

I actually dig the cleric class for the most part, in and of itself. I like the archetype of a crusader carrying the word of the deity into the pagan wilderness and all. I think a part of people's distaste for the class is that most every experienced D&D player, at some point in their play...

The following 4E-style portmanteaus are for Vampire: the Masqerade. (Which admittedly has its own naming convention issues, but it's still fun to imagine. :)) Brujah: Quickrage Leatherpunk. Gangrel: Beastface Wildwanderer. Malkavian: Chaosthrall Nutjob. Nosferatu: Sewerswim Stinkface. Toreador...